Chiang Mai — Sights
Temples inside the moat, cafés outside it
- Wat Phra That Doi Suthep — A gold chedi on the mountain with the whole city below
- Wat Phra Singh — The Old City's grandest temple, Lanna halls and all
- Wat Chedi Luang — A colossal 600-year-old brick chedi, its top lost to an earthquake
- Wat Umong (the tunnel temple) — Brick tunnels in the forest, each ending at a Buddha
- Baan Kang Wat artists' village — Workshops, craft shops and cafés under the trees
- Sunday Walking Street — Every Sunday evening the Old City's main street becomes a market
- Chiang Mai Night Bazaar — The nightly market strip, open every evening
- Nimmanhaemin (Nimman) — Chiang Mai's café-and-mall neighbourhood
- Jing Jai Market — Weekend-morning market of crafts and organic food
- Elephant Nature Park — No riding: rescued elephants you watch, feed and walk with
- Grandma's Home Cooking School — Market, herb garden, then six Thai dishes you cook yourself
- Grand Canyon Water Park — Inflatables floating in a flooded quarry under cliffs
- Mon Cham — Flower terraces and mountain views at 1,300m
- Doi Inthanon National Park — Thailand's highest summit, twin pagodas and waterfalls in a day
- White Temple, Chiang Rai (Wat Rong Khun) — A modern temple covered in white plaster and mirror glass
- Wat Chiang Man — The city's oldest temple, founded in 1297
- Wat Suan Dok — White chedis in a field, Doi Suthep behind
- Wat Pha Lat (Monk's Trail) — A small forest temple on the Doi Suthep hike
- Wat Sri Suphan (Silver Temple) — A temple clad in silver, by the Saturday market
- Lanna Folklife Museum — Compact museum of northern Thai life
- MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum — Contemporary art in a huge old warehouse
- Royal Park Rajapruek — A huge botanical garden with Lanna pavilions
- Huay Tung Tao Lake — Bamboo huts over a lake, a weekend local favourite
- Chiang Mai Night Safari — A tram ride through the zoo after dark
- Bua Thong Sticky Waterfalls — A limestone waterfall you climb barefoot